NSS for Larger Renal Tumors

NSS for Larger Renal Tumors

CHICAGO—Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) may be an option for renal tumors larger than 4 cm, according to researchers.
Vitamin C Supplementation and CKD

Vitamin C Supplementation and CKD

Although the healthful effects of vitamin C are well-established, there are concerns about excessive intake of this vitamin by CKD patients.
Greater Fitness Improves Survival in Prehypertensive Men

Greater Fitness Improves Survival in Prehypertensive Men

Improvements in exercise capacity are associated with decreased mortality among prehypertensive men, data show.

Urology News

SWL Not As Effective for Stones in Horseshoe Kidneys

Jody A. Charnow July 01, 2009

TORONTO—Patients with horseshoe kidneys appear to have lower single-treatment success and stone-free rates after shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) than patients with normal kidneys, data suggest.
 

Central Renal Masses More Likely to Be RCC

Jody A. Charnow June 30, 2009

TORONTO—Centrally located renal masses are five times as likely as peripherally located masses to be renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to researchers.
 

Statins May Prevent PSA Relapse

Jody A. Charnow June 30, 2009

TORONTO—Prostate cancer patients who use statins may be at lower risk of PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) compared with those who do not use the medications, according to investigators.
 

Longer CMV Prophylaxis More Effective

Jody A. Charnow June 25, 2009

BOSTON—Longer duration of oral valganciclovir prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus (CMV) in high-risk renal transplant patients significantly reduces the incidence of CMV infection one year post transplant, new findings suggest.
 

Pollen Extract May Relieve CP/CPPS

Jody A. Charnow June 24, 2009

A pollen extract may be an effective treatment for inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), a German study suggests.
 

Web Exclusives

New AAKP Head Calls on PCPs, Specialists, and Patients to Team Up

New AAKP Head Calls on PCPs, Specialists, and Patients to Team Up

Delicia Honen Yard May 05, 2009

Kim Buettner, one-time communications director of the American Association of Kidney Patients (www.aakp.org), is the association's new executive director. Renal & Urology News staff writer Delicia Honen Yard spoke with Buettner about trends in renal care and how this care can be improved.
 

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Nephrology News

SWL Not As Effective for Stones in Horseshoe Kidneys

Jody A. Charnow July 01, 2009

TORONTO—Patients with horseshoe kidneys appear to have lower single-treatment success and stone-free rates after shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) than patients with normal kidneys, data suggest.
 

Central Renal Masses More Likely to Be RCC

Jody A. Charnow June 30, 2009

TORONTO—Centrally located renal masses are five times as likely as peripherally located masses to be renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to researchers.
 

Longer CMV Prophylaxis More Effective

Jody A. Charnow June 25, 2009

BOSTON—Longer duration of oral valganciclovir prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus (CMV) in high-risk renal transplant patients significantly reduces the incidence of CMV infection one year post transplant, new findings suggest.
 

Shipping Live-Donor Kidneys

Jody A. Charnow June 25, 2009

BOSTON—Shipping live-donor kidneys to transplant centers over long distances—even transcontinentally—does not adversely affect recipient outcomes, a recent experience involving four transplant centers suggests.
 

Cancer Linked to Moderate CKD in Older Men

Jody A. Charnow June 23, 2009

Older men with moderate CKD may be at increased risk for cancer, Australian researchers reported.
 
Hyperphosphatemia in CKD
This article by Neenoo Khosla, MD, and Stuart M. Sprague, DO, of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the fifth in a series on managing hyperphosphatemia in CKD patients.
Part IV: Michal L. Melamed, MD, MHS
Part III: Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH
Part II: Joseph A. Coladonato, MD, MHS
Part I: Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD

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